The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 5, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 May 1874 — Page 1

The Fatiowal Lanner : ‘Published by JOMN B. STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,IND. ¥ | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictlyin advarce. s g I'Lispaperispublishedonthecashprinciple, itsproprietor believing thatitis justasright for frm 1o demand advance pay, as it is for City publishers, §¥" Anyperson sendin]gba club 010, accompa--lied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge.

CITIZENS’ BANIK, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice, (i ADYANCES made on approved collaterals. ‘MONEY loaned on long or short time. ‘ NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates, ORDERS for first-class securities executed on commission, 1 . AGENTS for the purchase and sale of Rekl Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES written infirst-class comyanies. ; : {-JXCHA.\‘GE bought gnd sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal citigs of Europe., * / AGENTS for the Inman line, } S 2 Hamburg Line. PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of -Enrope. MERCHANTS’, Farmhers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicited; and all business transacted on liberal terms, f STRAUS BROTHERS. ligouier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 ! ;

. 1 i Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after December 14, '7B, traing will'leave 3 Stacions ag follows: fi GOING EAST: | ~ : Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc.Ex. ~ Accom. Chicag0......... 850 am.... 5385 pm.. . ; K1khart.........1250 pm.... 950 i.... 420 am G05heni,.......:.F10 7 oGIO 00y i, 446 Millersbirg.... t 1 25 LTIORE: ib 06 Ligonier . .....;3 8¢ csnoB9 eDL Wawaka, ...... f 1 40 - L aMOBL Vo, DBT Brimfleld...... 157 wllOB io 54 Kendallville.... 210 Gl a 4 600 Arrive atToledos2s! ..., 240am....1000 Pl GOING WEST ¢ G T01ed0..........1210 pm.... 11 45 pm.. .. 430 pmn Kendallville .%.. 331 pm.... 310 am.... 840 Brimtield ...... 1345 T 3 27 boo 909 Wawaka....... 1355 cesull3 86 Ji.e Dl4 Ligonier........ 404 shen Bl daa s 930 Millersburg.... 1418 oo T 4 08 Wiy 90l Goshen ......... 485 ‘....423 i 2010 Elkhart.'....... 456 ¢ .0 dab. 01030 Asrive at Chicago 9 20 0 880 i Tlham E tT'rains do not stop. : Kxpreesleavesdaily both ways. Accommodat’n makescloseconnectionat Elkhart with trains going Eartand West. CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J.N.KNEPPER, A4gent, Ligonier. . Yy $ Pittshurg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after March 29, 1874. GOING WEST, e Neots o INO S, No 7, No. 3. Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:lsam 6 00am B:pﬂnm 2 15pm Rochester..... ....... .7 30am 10:50am 3 25pm A11iance....... s:4oam 11 00am I:4opm 6 13pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:lsam 12 bdpm 3:23pm- 7 50pm Mansfield..... 9:2lam 3 16pm 5:22pm 9 55pm Crestline...Ar. 9:soam 4 00pm 5:55pm 10:25pm Crestline. .. Lv.lo 10am 5 00am 6:lspm 10:35pm F0re5t.........11*3dam 6 40am SLLBpm 11:39pm Lima,.........12:34pm 7:53am 9.85 pm: I:o3am ¥t Wayne..... 2:55pm 10:45am 12:30am 3:25am Plymouth..... s:o4pm I:4opm 3:2Bam 6:osam Chicago .!..... 8.20 pm s:3opm 7:3oam 9:2oam Coovii s GOING EASTS | . NoSB, No 2, No 6, | Nod. Mail. Fast Ex. Pac Kz, Night K. Chicago....... o:lsam 9 20am 5 35pm 10 20pm Plymouth..... 9:26am 12 10pm. 9 10pm 2 22am Ft Wayne....l2 40pm 2 35pm 1l 39pm 5 50am Lima.......... 3:oopm 4 2lpm 1 38am 8 (4dam F0re5t........ 4:2opm 5 22pm 2 45am 9 23am Crestline .. Ar. 6:lspm (6 50pm 4 20am 11 15am Crestline ..Lv. 6 15am 7 10pm 4 30am 11 30am Mansfield ..... 6 50am 7 37Tpm 4 57am 11 58am 0rrvi11e....... 9 13am 9 29pm 6 40am 1 58pm A11iance.......11 20am 11-10 pm 8 35am 3 40pm Rochester..... 2 10pm ........ 1042 am 6 02pm Pittshurg ..... 3 30pm 2:2oam 11 45am 7 10pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4, 5,7 and 8, dgily except Sunday; Nos. 8 and 6 daily. = - Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. Condenssd Time Cayd. Daily, except Sundays. To e take effect March Ist, 1874, . GOING NORTH. Express, Express. Accomn. Richmond ... iciiciacs it 10.10 am 350 pm Newportsil. ioiiivive it 1038 %5 . 14190 ¢ Winthester. i civs s LR Boh b Ridgeville, voiisiiaiv TGt 531 v ‘Portlan@. ..oiaiiiic: | 1215 pm 600 ** Decatur, iuisiveiine e gl Fort Wayne, D......cc.. Boo@am %% pm. | | Kendallville ..iooc.oo i 916 2803058 | SLargls..coon el vl WIOBT SR BT Mendon..-...iiiiec ot 1 a 8 ig 00 =0 - Kalamazoo....-........ 1215 pma 655 * : Monteith|.ioidocivaacit 1 18 B VT D 2 * Grandßapids........a. 240 ¢ @l5 Grandßapids:.......d. 31C ** 9238 am Howard City........... 512 % 1189 ¢ Up. Big Rapid 5.......; 619 ¢ 3244 ** Reed Clty.. oo 00, 600 88 & 34 8 0 Clam Eake....00....082008 . 945 pm - Traverse City...ocoivss 640 * | GOING SOUTH. Express Express Express . Traverse Glty... ... 0., : 730 am Clam Lk Lo i) 500 am 1105 ¢ ReeldOlty. . oooii o 697 ¢ 12 89pm Up. Big Rapids.... ... 2 O 115 2 Howard C!L{' JBOB 8 285" Grand Rapids......a.. - 30 10 0% - 480 % Grand Rapids.'.....d.. 725am11110 ** 485 ** M0nteith,............5 851 *l94opm = 600 ¢ Kalamgzoo, .....c.;00, 980 & 1964 640 ** Mcnd(‘}n cemsnsrees e 100 B 7o > ! 5tur&5...‘.............1123 s 836 ** Kenflallville ...........1242pm 059 2 For Wnyue......1....‘; Yoo 11106 Degatur... ..iiili . 807 © Accom Purgnnd..........'..... 416 * 650 am Ridgeville. ... ... . 443 Byl { Winchester ... ....o o 0 500 t 048 | Newportiis, .o, 34D % GOOB 1 Richmond ;... ... 615900 ** i Express trains leaving Richmond at 1000 a m stop ~ . all night at Grand Rapids.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. ’ Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking efect: Nov. 3d, 713 . GOING NORTII, ‘GOING BOUTIL Expr. Mail, STATIONS. Expr. . Mail. 350 pm 810am..Kalamazoo..11 20 am 645 pm 432 « 855 ¢ Maoalelthioo 19y & 5P6 518 ¢ 93y Wi Allegan yi. 900 8 HRL . ° 605 ¢ 1083 ¢ . . Hamilitoni.: 910 % - 438 ¢ 637 ' 1104 _Hollana i 840 &t 408 ¢ 748 ¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 * 306 * R 34 ¢ 1255 ‘¢ .. Muskegon.. 700 ‘* 215 ¢ \ | - el R.M{ERS. GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent Uincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R I'ime Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th day of October, 18724 GoInNG sou Tn. {STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 J No.l N 0.3 425pmi1200m a.....Waba5h....1700am 130 pm 340 ** 1040 am .Nor.Mauchester, 750 ** 230 ‘¢ 325 ‘¢ 1020 ** .../StlverLake....Bl7 ** Jl5 * %230 *° 905 ** L.l LWarsaws L 008 435 210 §2O * .... Lecsburg, . . .935 ** §UOO *° 150 ' 750 ¢. s oMiora, . 946 " 30::4* 126 ¢ 7204 .. . New Parig.. 1005 ** ‘HSS ** 105 *» 700 * ...dp Goshen, ar..1025 ¢ €2O **' 100 ¢ . ~ar Goshen,dp..lo3o ** : 1330 -0 Rkhart i (109 D Thiaingrun by Cleveland time. sl ‘ . A.G. WELLS, Shp't,

Ises. 11874. “ EYE AND EAR. ** DR. C. A LAMBERT, (LATE OF CHIOAGO,) e o OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GONHEN, INDEANA. | Drs. WHIPRY & mlnulﬁ'nm, HOMGEOPATHISTS. : Office over Wilden’s Bank, = | GOSHEN, - INDIANA. Calls from a distance promptly attended to. it by v_-_..~_—_.———__.—.+—_— P. W. CRUM, | Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, « « '« , Indiana. Office over Sack’s Bakery. May 14th, 1874,

: . G, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - -~ - - - IND,, Willpromptly attend all calls intrustédto him. Office and resjdence on 4th Street. C. PALMITER, | Surgeon and Physician, 1 Office at Residence. l_,igonler, - .. lndi&na. - A.S,. PARKER, M.D., HOMEOPATIEIST, " ffice on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. ‘ . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . s H. A. MOYER, ‘ (Successor to W. L. Andrews;&‘ SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ]IQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas udmlniit,fred for the _ painless extraction of teeth, All work warranted, Examinations free. & Office, Second Story, Mitchell Block. [ 8-14-1 y - _.‘,._,_______.____-_...—.——.————-—}__.______ : J. M. TEAL, DENTISDY, ; Oorner of Mitchel) and State Sts., m«;m block east of Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit flqune, Kendallville, Indiana. §&¥~All work warranted. Kendallville, May 1, 1874. |

L. M. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. " LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block,

L E.RKNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. . §r-Office in Mier’s Block. 7-2

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; L. COVELL, P Attorney-at-Law & Notary-Public, o LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Harness Shop, . Cavin Street. " .wn-:s M. DENNY, Attorn®y and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, ALBION; = < ¢ o= S IND! 815 ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections, Deeds,o‘ﬁonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately, Oftice over Straus & Meagher’s store, o | May 15 1873 15-8-3

D. W. GREEN, Justiceof the Peace & Collectim Ag L LIGONT, E;r,ié;‘:n Bﬁf:l?; jVﬁDU;:il;’j: .On ;

PIHILIF A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left-at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. =z i Ligonier, January 8, ’73-37 ()ll YES ! --All you farmers who have sales to : cry will do well to call on SJOSERPEH S, POTTETS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land cranberries. Oflice at the Agriculture Store of G. A. Brillhart.: 42-6 m - CONCOORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines, # Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. | SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3, "71,-tf |

20TV BN SOES | DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES o LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 H. C. WINEBRENNER & CO., : HOUBE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERSS, Grainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. SHOP AT SOUTH END OF CAVIN STREET BRIDGE. Ligonier, - - - - Indiana, Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. B@~Give us a call befure letting your work, and we will gnarantee satisfaction. 8-1. ¢, 8-47-Iy.

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, .. Laporte, Indiana. ¥ - V. W AXTELL, : : & Proprietor, Laporte, April 5, 1871. ‘ ' STOP AT THE | "\ RENDALLVILLF, INDIANA. NE\V COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the pri-nci({m] bu= siness houses of the city. Traveling men andstranrers will fiud this a first-clags house. Fare §2 per (&lay. | J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1270.-14 ' A. GANTS, | , Surgical and: Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - . [INDIANA. g A : Is prepared L s © todoanything 57 A N in theirline. A / P e succesful prac’@\;;::&:,::_‘3 fay tice of over 10 ,f‘ Pe i {cars Jjustifies - e aaEEs SSmeonsdiaes Sag him in sayiug DR Lf" that he can LRI s R ea? giveentiresatVEYT Soo w” isfaction to all Voo ok ~.g”)& FrF - who may destow their patronage. 8# Office one doornorth ofKime‘s.“_zﬂri_n§t. : e SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndiana. : Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChoiceGroceries,Provisions, YankeeNotions,&¢ Thehighesgt cash pricepaidfer Country Produce Mayl3,’6B-tf. SACK BRO’S.

'W. A. BROWN, Manu f.-;cturet of and Dealerin all kinda of FURNIEIL R E, SPRING BED BOITOMS, ; WILLOW-WARE, : : | BRACKETS, &c CQPFINS&CASKETS Aiv&ays on hand, and will be fﬁrnibhed to order, Funerals attended with hearse when desired. Store R : | . . Cer. Cavin and sha se-.f Ligonier, Ind. August 7th, 1873.-8-15.

Banking House OF SOL.. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Blaock, LIGONIER, IND’°NA. Money loaued on loh;;d short time. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. Monies received on depoeit and interest allowed on gpecified time, Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on prineipal cities of Europe, ' 8-2 TO THE FARMERS : XTOU will please take notlice that I am still en%aged in buying wheat, for which I pay-the highest murketf{)rice. i If you do not find me on the street, call’ before selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block, : SOL. MIIER. Ligonier, Indiana, May 7th, 1874.—

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, ¢ ! g a 8 ”’l’m“ .Jwy %) 2% l\ e 1 \§ " [ A S O s\ LT N WL e /J/ﬁ % -y LB ».L,»’v‘%/;""" } %ﬂ < e M F ' Watchmakers, Jewelry, il | AND DEALERBIN " Watchess Clocks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOOD® Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and warranted. ¢ Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated Spectacles. = Si En ofthe big watch, corner Cavin & Fourth streets, Ligonier, Indiana. &3 Jan, 1, 1874. BUCKEYE POULTRY YARDS ' . OFFER FOR SALE, 2 BGGS forHATCHING From the following varieties of Pure-Bred Land nnerater.Fowls, ats $2.50 per Dgn'm : Dark and Light Brahmas; Buoft, Black, White and Partridge Cochins; Brown and White Leghorng; White and Silver-Gray Dorking ; Plgmdmi‘h Rocks; Houdans; Black Red, Earl Der y, and Pile Games; Kouen and Aylesbury Dnckf; Toulouse and Bremen Geere, L i 1 wgrrant one half of each dozen Islggs to hatch, f they do not I willu'?‘)lace them at 50 cts. Ber doz, %unh: ma;a for circular.. lggugz u:%t (': g'h ﬁ’l‘; de-’hﬂh-am‘} dreu.- Marlboro, Slt.ark Co., ’0

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IN THE NORTH-WEST. Sketches of Travel, by “Stunner.” - Short is the doubtful empire of the night; And soon, observant of approaching day; - The meek-eyed morn appears . . . ' inme break the clouds away. . . ” Synrise of Wednesday morning, May 13th, found me on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, opposite Burlington, Towa, and a few moments later we crossed the immense iron bridge which spans the great Father of Waters at this point and entered the city of s

| ' BURLINGTON. i ‘This is the oldest town in Towa, _having attained its fiftieth birth-day and a population of seventeen thousand souls, black and white. - The general appearance of the city would indicate to a stranger afar more ancient natal morn, not less than a thousand sleepy years. Methuselah may have flourished ?n Burlington’s palmy days, for vertain' it is that the memory of no living man can call up the day when Burlington presented the sleek, spry, starchy appearance se universally characteristic of western cities. Lying among the bluffs which line the western bank of the Mississippt at this point, sleepy, smoky, old-fashion-ed and unambitious, she certainly possesses no attractive features, aside from her great value as a railroad and commercial centre between the East and the great Far West. laving considerable lodse time (about eleven hours) .on my hands, and being a stranger in a strange land, the mecessity of the occasion demanded. that I. should make the acquaiutanqé of some one, or run the risk of f(n‘géttin’g my mother tongue. Having discovered by observation that the employes of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad were, as a rule, a very affable, courteous class of men, I determined to try my luck among the higher officials of the company, the general offices of -the lowa division being lo‘cated here. T accordingly ushered my smiling countenance into the Land Office Department of the company and presenteQ my card, in the hope. that they would take me for a Hoosier capitalist—come to buy out lowa and N ébraska——a_nd treat me accordingly. The ruse proved a gratifying success. One glance at the card convincéd the clerk to whom it was handed thadt I was no ordinary eclam, for with becoming humility he beckoned me to follow. 1 followed, and soon was ushered into the sanctum of the great Mogul—the Land Commissioner’s private office—and was introduced to Mr. John Hall, Private Secretary to the Commissioner, Mr. Hall made due apologies for the absence in New York of his chief, and in his name bade me welcome. Through all the weary hours of my waiting I found here a pleasant retreat, and in Mr. Hall a most agreeable and courteous companion. No pains were spareﬂ to make me feel comfortable and at home, It has long since hecome a maxim that “corporations have no souls.” This 1s doubtless true in a spiritual sense, but of one thing I am ‘most thoroughly: convinced, and that lis, that the officers and employes of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad are human beings, .possessing the sterling attributes of lmmzfnity—gentlmen in the true sense of the word—men who regard the wishés, feelings and weaknesses of wandering humanity with great consideration, and who act upon the principle that the traveling public have certain inalienable rights—soime pride, some knowledge of right and wrong, and some sense of feeling which even railroads,; ahd railroad officials and employes—from baggage-smashers up—are boun:d to regard and respeet. Tliere certainly is no road running west from Chicago which offers better accommodations to the traveler, none that is smoother, none whose officers and employes are more accommodating, courteous and polite than the C., B.& Q. ( cheapest, best and quickest) Railroad. :

UP THE MISSISSIPPI. I can conceive of no more delightful mannér of traveling than by steamer, up a great, historic river, at, this season of the year. From BurHngton to St. Paul, Minnesota, the distance is 536 miles. I'magixlne, gentle reader, if you can, such a ;‘ide, in the merry month of May, in an elegant steam-boat, running fifteen to twenty miles an hour against a rapid eurrent. By day-light the broad eurrent is_poetic and enchanting —a stream of grandeur and sublimity, studded on either bank with thriving cities, picturesque scenery, and the fertile prairies of Towa, Illinois, ‘Wisconsin and Minnesota. | Morning twilight, while the east is silvery; late evening, when the west is blood-red; and moon-lit night, all mellow and idealize the ever-changing scenes. ' Then évery twig and leaf is penciled sharply upon clear sky; the turbid waters sheeny ‘and sprinkled with stars; and the environing woods and vales and bluffs, dreamy and tender. Often they are exquisitely tinted, and the night-scenes of the grand old Mississippi are said to rival in beauty those of the Hudson and the far, stupendous Columbia. Such a ride, amidst such surroundings, certainly marks an epoch in the history of any individual. It’s very, VYERY NICE. ‘ Owing to the uncertainty of the boats on the Mississippi at this season of the year, and the great length of time consumed in the ride from Burlington to St. Paul, I was compelled to take the 8., C. R. &M. Railroad for Minneapolis, at which place I arrived, safe and well, on Thursday evening. My next communication will deal particularly with this city and its surroundings. ; ; i ~ Minneapolis, Minn., May 18, 1874,

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1874,

CLEVELAND CORRESPONDENCE. The Crusade A Strike—Fashions— Business Dull-The Great Szngerfest. : ! ; - MR. EpITOR :—The temperance war is still raging, and it is impossible to estimate the work that has been done, or what may yet be done by the crusade. TReports differ as to the fruit of the campaign so far, but enough is really known to give encouragement to every lover of the cause. Cleveland still pushes the work, and there has been a great deal of %ood done, in many ways beside saloon surrenders. Daily meetings are held, and the praying band goes out sometimes fifty and sixty strong., | . - : . We have a more exciting topic of interest just now, that is, the strikes.— The move originated among the coal heavers, who refusedito load and unload boats and cars, at reduced rates; T'hey\ organized a force, and marched to other workmen whom they compelled to join their ranks, and made themselves quite demonstrative. The sewer diggers caught the infection, and they in turn went in force to.the street graders. There a lively time was had, as William Mcßeynolds, the contractor,undertook to defend hismen who did not want-to join the strikers. He was knocked about the-head with a stone, and otherwise bruised, but po-. licemen soon secured order. The workmen who refused to join the strikers, were obliged to work under a police guard for sometime. A gerneral raid was somewhat feared, but it seems quiet now, and most of the men have gone to work at old rates.

Business isdull. The immense iron works in the eighteenth ward haye discharged five hundred men; the Standard Oil Co. have discharged nearly as many more, while other enormous bnsiness firms throughout the city have been obliged to discharge workmen in like proportion, thus throwing thousands of men out of employment, and filling our streets witil paupers and kvugilbonds. ‘But we do not anticipate-that things will long remain this way; it is not in keeping with the present age, for business to remain long stagnant. ; ¢ There is one featg_;.{e, of the times which will bear notice, for it shows no visible effect of the great financial panie. Fashion rules with as stern a hand as ever. Dry goods houses are filled to overflowing, with the richest ioods» ever displayed in (Cleveland.— And several new stores have been opened this spring, which are doing a lively business. The ladies, (even the crusaders) appear on the streets dressed in the most fashionable and elegant attire. .We might moralize on this subject, but we know how it is ourselves, so will forbear, and do not blame the ladies so much after all.— ‘Who of .you will deny that the profusely trimmed suits, jaunty hats in every conceivable shape, and the bewitching parasol held in the daintiest of gloved hands, is a fair LbiCture, and good to look-upon? We'know there breathes not a man, (unless he’s blind,) who does not love to see a lady dressed in the tip of style, if thev do grumble at the. outfit of wife or daughter. - It is very dry here. The rain seems to have all gone south; yet spring crops look nicely. Wheat is somewhat ‘winter-killed, but will be an average crop; and there seems to be a fair prospect of fruit.

Clevelanders are very much engaged about the coming “singing feast,” or Sengerfest, which is to come off in June. An enormous building is being constructed on the Weddell lot, Euélid Avenue, for the entertainment: It is expected to be indeed a “jubilee,” for although it is a sort of biennial German affair, the musicians will be representatives of all nations. Over a hundred societies are now rehearsing forthe “féast.” Carl Bergmann, a very. celebrated musician, 1s here guiding the work. It is said there will be over twelve hundred singers; surely they ought to make noise enough to satisfy any audience. There is to be also connected with the affair, an immense pic-nic, on the’ Northern Ohio Fair Ground, also a ride on the lake. We hope it will be a success, and bring many friends to visit our beautiful city, which will then be in its crown beauty of the year. A/R.E,

LETTER FROM COLORADO. Troy CiTY, COL, May 7, 1874. EpiTor BANNER:—I have been wishing to write a few lines for the BANNER again, but have neglected it up to this date. I received two of your papers yesterday, and I hastened to read all the correspondence of our former country-—l Lagrange and Noble counties. !

- We have very fine weather at present. Our valleys and bluffs are looking green with grass. The South Platte River is raising ‘very rapidly on account of the snow melting on the mountains. Our rivers are highest in the summer time. We have had three little rains since we came to this section of the country and three or four little wet snows, but the ground was not frozen to any great extent. We think this is a delightful country. : I notice in the BANNER that our former friend and neighor, J np. Keim, seems to doubt some statements that I made in a former article. In reply I will say that if he do n’t believe my statement, I will make him a good offer: He can come and see, and if he don’t find everything just as I have described it, I will pay his fare for coming. He thinks that thirty to sixty bushels of wheat per acre is beyond truth, because the “excellent and ut:— surpassed soil of the Hawpatch is incapable of produeing such results.”

They think if they raise from fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre they have a good erop. What more can they expect from a country like that ? I notice, further, that in his article 'of April 16th he says, “the weather continuing cold and dry, wheat is beginning to turn pale and fears are entertained that the crop will be exceedingly light.” We need not have such fears in this country. We sow our wheat in the Spring—in. January or February—and if we have no rain when necessary we irrigate. So, you see, we are sure of a good crop. And our wheat flour cannot be beat for good bread. I think our country is as far ahead of the Hawpatch®as the Hawpatch is of the Jee-pateh. : MAY 11.—I will ‘write a few more words about Colorado. lam in Greeley to-day, ninety-five 'miles fron my home. 1 find Greeley quite a stirring pla¢e. I have now laid in a new stock Ot gQii—s'.' People are busy irrigating. We have fine weather now. - Thousands who have® heard of the beauties and advantages of Colorado are now immigrating to this country to seek future homes. Others would be glad to come: if they knew what opportunities for making a living‘- ora fortune await ‘theni here. - We shall try to indicate the exact state of affairs here. -It is not fair to say that Celorado is the best place 'for a mechanie, or laborer, or farmer without means, unless they are in poor health and unable to werk where they are. Wages are generally no higher 'than in the Bast. In Greeley carpenters are most in demand, brieck-layers next. Farming here is profitabie and very pleasant where a man is prepared tp conduct it properly. Irrigation must be resorted to. '

The principal crop' raised here is spring wheat. The yield is of the finest quality and is often enormous—so to 60 bushels to the acre is frequently reached in this vicinity. Last year’s erop in Weld county averaged twentysix bushels to the acre. | Corn is not much cultivated. Oats do well, and barley is also a profitable crop—far superior to that in the States. All kinds of vegetables yield abundantly und bring good prices. : | We would like to have a good shoeniaker come to our place and think he would do a good business: We have no shoemaker nearer than Greeley—-ninety-five miles. One . wishing to come West should give us a call. We h'fve on a graded railroad which we think will soon be completed. Yours Truly, A. E. TROYER.

| Letter from Xowa. ELY STATION, LINN CO, IA, | s g 8 A Ma.y 17th, 1874, | Mg.EplTor :—Having been suddenly transported from the deénse forests of Indiana to/the magnificent prairies of Towa, we have thought best to give the many readers of the BANNER a few items concerning the prospects of the country. - : The spring has been somewhat backward, but not quite so much so as in Indiana. The general complaint is, that it is-exceedingly dry for this time of the year. Water is very scarce and the wells are low. ' A great many of the people are obliged to haul water for stock and house purposes. Even steam mills are obliged to haul water in order to secure the requisite power to run’ their machinery. All with whom we have conversed say that there has not. been enough rain here to wet the ground over one foot deep since June last. ;

Spring has opened very favorably. The grass has started so that stock are enabled to.feed tolerably well, and the fruit trees are in full bloom ; all of which indicate that spring has surely come, - : ~ Spring wheat looks well.- Some say there was never a better prospect for wheat. : ‘ The majority of farmers are done planting corn, but owing to the continued cold and drouth not mut:h of it has yet made its appearance aboye the surface. F ~ Health has not been very good during the past winter in this vicinity. There is scarcely a family that has not had sickness, and in some cases entire families have been confined to the house. ' Lung fever appears to be the prevailing disease. At present the measles are playing havoe throughout the entire country. They are very severe and seem to effect people more than usual. - i Business in general seems to be somewhat dull. . - W. H. CUSTER.

THE proceedings in the Lower House of Congress yesterday were enlivened by the presentation of a petition from certain women in Indianapolis, which is by all odds the most ridiculous document that has come forward for serious consideration during the.present session. What the ladies really want may be the subject of much speculation; what they seem to want. is that the Government of the United States should attach to its other functions those of an Inebirate AsyJum, or a Temperance Society. They ask Congress to amend the oath of office so that all civil officers shall be required to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks during their terms of office. The proper title of the bill which should embody the views expressed in the petition would be: “An act to stimulate perjury, and to effect a moral revolution in sentiment by a decree of Government.” It is to be hoped that/ the Associated Press report of Congressional proceedings does not give the purport of the petition. There is not one man in fifty who would be qualified to serve his country if the oath of office should be changed in the -manner indicated.—Chicago Tribune, May 22. . :

A man advertises for a competent person to undertake the sale of a new medicine, and adds that “the business will prove highly lucrative to the undertaker!”” =~ :

SOME RESULTS OF UNIVERSAL o . ' SUFFRAGE. / - The minority report in the House ofRepresentatives, signed by Clarkson N. Potter and Jasper D. Ward, on: South Carolina affairs, deserves more attention than it has received. They sa}v ; 5 5 i / A “A State in which one-third of tha farms in one sectien were sold for taxes in'a single year; in which, in the ‘principal city, the taxation of the improved real estate equaled the whole revenue from it; and in which private bills are openly passed by the Legislature for bribes; none of which allegations before the committee do we understand to be controverted, although' a Republican Government in form is none the less a Government not;worthy to be preserved. . . . | If the condition of things in the South be owing to the late constititional amendment forbiding any restriction in suffrage on account of race and color, it may be—we do not say that it will be-—found that some further amendments looking to educ‘a?ipnal or other qualifications for Fﬁeral suffrage are necessary.” ; ‘Unlimited power is always abused. It may be centered in one man or in many,—the fact is still the same. The framers of constitutions haveever recognized it and have striven to guard | against it by devising systems of checks and balances. The goodness ‘ of any government depends, in great nieasure; upon the comparative perfection of the checks upon its power, There must be, however, a tribunal of ultimate resort in politics as in jurisprudence. In politics this- tribunal must consist of the mass of voters.— Attempts have been made to constitute it otherwise, but in vain. King, aristoeracy, representative assemblies have been forced to revise their proceedings in accordance with the popular will. . France now presents the anomaly of a representative assembly that has ceased to represent the people, and yet; clings to power. But it is freely conceded, even there, that this is something-abnormal, and that the question of a definitive government must be decided by the poptular vote. This must always be so, for the strongest power ‘must rule, and the people, in every civilized State, are that power. : . It is of the utmost importance, then, that this high court. which passes final judgment upon everything, should be pure and intelligent. Unfortunately, the tendency to disregard the constitutional limitation of power, which - has shown itself so strongly' at Waslington during the last few years, has been felt throughout the country. The- - have one by one remdved the restrictions with which many of them’ once hedged about the franchise; and ! the nation, by ratifying the Fifteenth’ Amendment,has given the ballot to the most ignorant class of citizens. Now’ a new cry is heard. The one remaining limitation is denounced. ~We are asked to grant the franchise to the women. - :

Before we take such a step it would be well to consider whither our way hitherto has led ms. Universal suffrage has cheapened the. ballot. It has taught ignorance that the franchise belonged to a man of right, was bis property, instead of a trust committed to him by the State to be used for the State’s benefit. Such a belief is the parent of vote-selling. It has driven our highest type of men from public life, and has brought into prominence the demagogues who can stoop to cajole the masses. Massachusetts rejects Charles Francis Adams and elects Benjamin . Butler. New York ' City sent Tweed, detected and deposed, to the State Senate, and would send him again. TUniversal suffrage has made the Southern StateHouse a den of thieves, a bear-garden, in which the gathered roughs diversify stealing by fighting. In buildings taxed more than the rents they yield, in farms sold for taxes, in paralyzed business and crushed industry, in a carnival of robbery and riot, we read the lesson universal suffrage teaches in South Carolina. Its résults elsewhere have been almost as baneful.— It has reduced Louisiana to a worse condition than if she were still a province of Spain. It has nearly resulted already, and may yet result, in fastening the curse and crime of inflation upon the country. It has wellnigh destroyed American statesmanship: o o 0 o : e

. The logic of facts shows the danger of granting the ballot to everybody.— Demoralization is the inevitable . result. We cannot take the franchise away from its present possessors, but we can shut the gate through which the future victims of ignorance and crime will hurry to the polls. The suffrage should be the prize of knowledge, %nd should be forfeited for crime, and education should be compulsory. In some such ways we must purify our court of last resort, if we would save the Republic, or even make it worth saving.— Chicago Tribune. :

] - — ——— Sumner’s, Personal Habits.” | It is a mistake to suppose that he was a total abstinence man. He did not nse tobacco, but he was always a lover of fine wine, and much of it.— His Boston friends provided him with many & cask and basket, and I never tasted an inferior glass of wine in his house. His palate took a wide range, from Sicilian and Spanish light wines to Port and Madeira and the best clarets of France and Hungary. He was a very great eater, and liked sweet breads, game, large hot joints, and the mountain mutton of the Bull Run and Caloctin county. He breakfasted, and I think nolunch, but when he returned from the Senate, consumed two hours at the table, and then sat by a drop light, opening his mail, reading and talking until midnight. His religious belief was Harvard Unitarianism, but he had a great regard for the orthodox fathers in the Puritan, Lutheran, and also the Catholic church. I never heard him express repulsion for anybody or anything dead. Tt was a credit of his memory that-some foolish adversary;brought him to write in 1872 that lie had nothing but charity for Preston S. Brooks. —George Alfred Townsend. -

New Mexico will probably be admitted as a State at the present session of Congress. A bill with this end in view passed the House on the 22d inst., by a vote of 160 to 54. It is no new thing for the dominant party to seek compensation for disaster in regions where it is well known by creating fresh fields for its endeavors; but the adoption of sueh policy has always been a, prelude to further defeats. So far as the bill for the admission of New Mexico is intended to “fix” the Senate, it is an admirable measure; on grounds of equity and a broad public policy, it is not so certainly above reproach.

Fence Planting on the lowa and Ne- ' | braska Prairies, . = The 'erection of board .ferices on a prairie farm is an expensive operation. In Nebraska the law wisely removes the necessity for fence building, by providing for -the herding of live stock; and, in Towa, the needs of practicak farming life bring about wvery mateh the same result. 2 ladd But in each case, the .law and the practice are the things of the days- It is an instinet in the owner of land to define his, possessions by metes and bounds, obvious to the eye, which sep~ arate his land from that of his neighbor. If fences were not a convenience there would be fences therefore; but, as fences are a convenience, the improving prairie farmer sets himself to their creation as.soon as his house is: built and his land is broken. Live fences, of course, are the desideratum ;- and there are three plants whieh. are most in favor for the purpogse. The Honey Locust, the Osage Orange and: White Willow, make good fences. Thetwo former are impermeableto stock and, when the latter is well. established, the same eharacter may he claimed forit. The willow is also a hardy and rapid growth. _ £l Mr. C. B. Mendenhall, of Marshall county, lowa, has used the white willow extensively. On his farm there are about thirteen miles. of this fenc-, ing; of from three to seven ‘years groyth, about half of which will turn cattle, and a portian cut half a cord of wood to the rod. Mr. Mendenhall has also a grove of White willow, coyering twenty acres, set out six years ago, and which he considers to be worth $5OO per acre. . .LS “As, we doubt ndjty some of our readers are even now considering the question of moving west to lowa or: Nebraska, and, as knowledge is a lighti burden to carry, we give Mr. Mendenhall’s method of plantingi-~The willow slips are to be eight inches in, length, thrifty sprouts of oneor two’ years growth. The ground for the hedge-row is to be plowed as deeply as possible during August, a dead furrow being left where it is proposed the fence shall sta_ugdL; - Just beforefrost comes the land is to be turned back, the dead furrow being filled in. As soon as the earth is open, plant the slips eight inches apart, covering them with finely-pulverized. earth.” Cultivate as corn for two years, keeping the infant fence entirely clear of weeds. The following method will ensure a. rapid growth: Mulch well'in the fall after the second year, placing' the mulching as close to the plants as may be, without touching the stems. By following Mr. Mendenhall’s plan, the prairie farmer, with white willow, will have a thrifty fence in the course. of three or four years; and in six years-its enclosures will be perfect. -

" ' Sabbath vs. Sunday. | * [From the Morgan county Gazette.] G At one of our. Sunday “Schools, last Sunday, @ couple of prominent ministers took occasion to -advanee- some highly sectarian notions in regard to the use of the terms Sabbath and: Sunday; one claiming that Sabbath was not good, because.a Jewish insti“tution, and also that its use was disre--spectful to €lirist, and the other that Sunday was not a proper term, because of mithologieal origin. -~ Now, as we -have recognized authorities on the use. of words in English, it would . séem proper to get behind them, when: such assaults as these are made. s Dr. Worcester, in his large dictionary, defines “Sabbath; Gireek sabbaton. Thew day of rest; the Lord's day;-the day of cessation from labor, consecration 1 to religious worship, enjoined* uponand observed by the Jews on the sev--enth day of the week, ‘because in six ~days God created the heavens and the earth, and rested on the seventh day, and also in commemoration of their -deliverance from Egyptian bondage, from which their seventh day -was dated ; but, among Cliristians,observed on the first day of the week,- in ~commemoration of the resurrection of Christ on that day; the Sunday of Christians; the Saturday of Jews.” — The same. author defines “Sunday ; Anglo Saxon sonnen dey,; The first day of the week; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord’s day.” And he defines, “Lord’s ‘Day; the Christian Sabbath; the first day of the week; Sunday.” Webster’s Unabridged says: “Sabbath; Greek sabbaton, lebrew shabbath, from shabath to I"est,from‘ labor. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the obser_vﬂnc"e of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the decalogue, and has been eontinued by the’ Christian church with a transference. of the day observed from the kst to ' the first day of thewveek; called also Lord’s day, in._comumemoration of the resurrection of Christ upon that day.” Webster defines, “Sunday, Old English sonnenday,; A.S. &e. The first day of the week; the Christian Sabbath; a day consecrated to rest from secular employment, and to religious worship; the Lord’s day.” He does not define or even give Lord’s day, = The word Sabbath is of Hebrew etymology, and primarily; means Igo__‘lﬂ,esst,~a,mi‘ that is the present English meaning-of the word, as Judge Franklin will foreibly define it to any one who follows his usual avocation on the first day of the week.. Until the dictionaries and the ‘laws are revised, we shall call the first day of the week Sabbath or Sunday, .either, according to which comes into themand fivstt . ¢ PoPrn. *

THE Senate Currency bill has been further amended in the Banking and Currency Committee of the House by allowing the redemption of legal-tend-ers in.any elass of outstanding four, four and a half, and five per cent. United States bonds. In its present shape, the bill is a vast improvement on the mutilated measure sent down from the Senate. President Grant did not ask anything more radical: and the country will be satisfied with something less favorable for Eastern bankers. ; e AT LR

. Tug wife of Edward S. Stokes las - been granted a divorce, on the ground of desertion and failure to support by her husband. ~ Per contre, he alleges ,that she was intemperate, that ‘they were wholly incompatible, and that the separation is as gratifying to himself as to her. It is pleasant to see twosouls with butia single thought, : T e Rev. E. H. HOPKINS, of Jackson Centre, Shelby county, 0., says: “My wife had the consumption for ten years, and had been confined to her bed for some time. I heard of Dr, L. Q. C. Wishart’s Piné Tree Tar Cordial, and after using four bottles she was zylgain able to do the work for her fam,.Y bl A seveßre famine has occurred;in Asia Minor. In the town of Angora alone, 100 persons are said to have died daily from starvation, .. .

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;‘ -7 o STATE ITEMS. - Many of the Republican papers in the State are weakening in their support of the Baxter law. They are shrewd enough to see the hand-writ-ing on the wall.—Laporte Argus. S The Indianapolis Jowrnal is now printed on a Bullock press and presents a greatly improved appearance. Itis a paper of which the Republicans of 'the State may well feel proud. . In Elkhart and many other places the whisky war has assumed a singular phase. The saloon Keepers are now bringing suits against: the crusaders and their husbands for damages re- . sulting from the interference with their business. /It looks as though there would be no end to the crusading contest.—Laporte Arqus. On the retirement of Hon. J. A. S. Mitehell from the mayoralty of the city of Goshen, he congratulated the council on‘heing ahlé to report the city-in-such prosperous condition.— Two years ago the city owed 6\5,000; not only that amount has been' paid, but. there are.several hundred dollars in the treasury, and to be collected on the delinquent list. - : A

About every bigoted Republican Journal in the country is opposed ito - farmers and other: laboring eclasses taking an independent position in re‘gard to political matters.; Nearly every. -self-constituted “leader” in the- - party, and nearly. every man holding an appointment under President Grant is opposed to “Gran® gers having anything to do'withi politics, as it is aut of their sphere, and contrary to the spirit of their order!” Why? Ts the republican party afraid to-trust the people? Are the office- - holders opposed ‘to. the interests of farmers and other ‘laboring elasses ? Is that lmrty- wholly gone inhto the control of monopolists and - salarygrabbers ?—Rensselaer Union. Sl i ———— e — .t Decoration Day. . - The 30th: of May is fast approach-. ing—the day that.law and custom has set aside for strewing the graves of the nation’s honored dead with flowers—a day whose annual recurrence will remind us all of those times, years ago, when the sound of battle came rolling up from the hills _and plains of the South ;. Wmt thunder of ‘cannon on¥ort Sumpter warned our citizens that one section of our équn‘’trv'had'ylillded to the insidiousseductions of that arch-tempter, Secession, and had raised in_ their might to ddstroy the integtity of the nation-—a day when olur sons, from farni and counting-room and work-shop and school-room and fireside, heard that thrilling ery go;through the land, “To arms!- To arms!!” and girded on the armor of right, ta risk their lives for their country’s - salvation. Many a fireside Pjﬂd family circle were made ‘desolatei-many a heart was made sad for the absent, and. many an earnest, heart-felt prayer ascended to the Most High to guard some loved one from the dangers of battle and from sick‘ness.. Almost five years rolled around when the surrender of Appomatox Court. House sent joy and thankfulness through the, landi—the war was ended—the troops began to return home—yes, return to their firesides, their former labors and duties, Alas! they - did. not all - returpe=thousands were buried in the unmé rked trench — thousands filled unknown graves—thousands’ bones are bleaching under a Southern -sun—thousands were sacrificed at Andersonville and Saulsbury ‘and Camp Dick Taylor prison pens—.a few, yes, only a few, are entombed -in every and each graveyard throughout the land. Of the mamy brave men‘who wentout from our midst, many -never marched back, and of those who ‘never came back alive o few rest in Sour. eemetry.

. To pay a debt of gratitude due their memory is the object of this strewing of flowers—on this day all differences and disputes and Dbusiness are merged in the common act of showing respect, to the honored dead; and as the flowers are strewn on the graves of those in-our midst, let us not forget those on whose graves no ‘floral offering rests.—St. Joe Valley Register.

.- Elkhart County Xtems. 5 2" TFrom thg¢ Goshen Democrat, May 20.] - The Grand Jury called at the comInencement of the present term of -eourt, wis discharged after about ten days session, and cost upwards of $3OO. How is that for high? . i . Goshen owes a bonded debt of $5,000, interest paid annually, and principal Tunning until 1888. The first instal‘ment on principal does not. fall due until January, 1879, the ci%} having ‘paid four years in advance, : M. Peter Conrad, a former old citizen of Benton, forty years ago, died re~eently near Syracuse, af; the age of 70, “or upwards. o : ] . “We understand that a new Republiean paper is to be started at Syracuse, in Kosciusko County, by Mr. J. P. Prickett, of Benton. The people of _that place have been talking of such -an enterprise for over a year, and would no doubt give a paper a liberal -support if it is not too railical upon any question. , Mr. Prickett can get up « live paper. fils

~ Mr. C, Conrad, of Virgil City., Ma, is here this week on a brief visit, * He is looking fresh and well. ¢ : ‘ - Mr. F. C. Patterson, owner of the Bristol flouring mill whieh lately burned down, was arrested at South Bend one day last week, by a Chicago detective, acting under instructions from an. insurance company, and brought to this place and put in jail, under charge of burning the mill down. On an. examination before Esq. Powell, there being no proof to sustain the charge, Mr. Patterson was set at liherty.. ‘(",—-‘>——-—QOh-—‘—' % | The Foremost Tonie of the Age. Taking into consideration the chaiacter -of its vouchers, the history of its cures and its immense annual sales, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters may be fairly entitled the Foremost Tenie of the Age.. It is not only a tonie but a constitutional local alterative, and its tendency is to substitute healthy for diseased action throughout the system, If the stomach is feeble and torpid it produces a vitalizing impression upon its mucous tissues. No sooner has the dyspetic swallowed a dose of it than he knows by his sensations that his stomach has received an accession of vigor. It increases the desire for food and thr ability to digest and assimilate it. |lf the liver is derelict, it improves the condition of the organ and imparts'to it a healthful impulse, The bowels being obstructed; it promotes the-flow of bile into the intes- - tinal canal \and thereby relieves them and re-establis Wif natural action. Its_effect upon the brain, the nerves SPR TR RS B e LSRR T A S sl i{;";ﬁ%ﬁ Gheys 1n aduntey. SIEUSEY - | 1 short, it tones, alters, and reculates. mw{;{ﬁa’emﬁ pkenta e